Events

Lukashenko presents banner to best student team of 2024
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko presented a challenge banner during the closing ceremony of the third labor semester of 2024 in the format of the Belarusian nationwide meeting of student teams in Minsk on 13 December...

Distressing trends in military, political situation around Belarus pointed out
Medium-term planning documents were discussed during the Security Council session taking into account the changing situation...

Lukashenko instructs General Staff to ensure deployment of Oreshnik missiles, plan their use
“There was one instruction: to ensure the deployment of Oreshnik missiles in our territory and properly plan their uses,” Pavel Muraveiko said...

Belarusian MFA shares expectations from new government of Lithuania
“Belarus has always sought to have a belt of good-neighborliness and normal relations with its neighbors. We have not started the aggravation or escalation,” Anatoly Glaz said...

Russian Investigative Committee honors Belarusian president with Fidelity to Duty medal
Alexander Bastrykin remarked that he would like to start the meeting with a pleasant ceremony: on behalf of the Russian Investigative Committee he would like to present the medal for Fidelity to Duty to the Belarusian head of state “on the occasion of your anniversary, and in recognition of your efforts and services to the cooperation between the investigative committees of Belarus and Russia”...

Belarus' PM to attend Eurasian Intergovernmental Council, CIS Heads of Government Council meetings
A meeting of the CIS Heads of Government Council will be held on 12 December. The heads of government are expected to exchange views on topical matters of CIS economic cooperation...

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Kenya
"I am confident that the effective implementation of our plans and joint projects will contribute to the social and economic development of both states," Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized...

CICA informed about Belarus’ initiative to develop Eurasian Charter of Diversity and Multipolarity
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kazakhstan Pavel Utyupin met with Secretary General of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) Kairat Sarybay on 11 December...

Minsk summons Polish charge d'affaires to protest attempts to recruit Belarusian diplomat
As it was reported earlier, Polish special services tried to recruit a Belarusian diplomat in Moldova. They were willing to offer €100,000. Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaz emphasized that this is an outrageous incident from the point of view of both domestic and international laws...

Security threats to Belarus, Russia discussed in Moscow
Ambassador Aleksandr Rogozhnik and Sergey Mironov exchanged views on the outcomes of the recent session of the Union State Supreme State Council in Minsk...

Belarusian ambassador attends annual meeting of Governors Association in Korea
On the margins of the event, Ambassador Andrei Chernetsky held talks with the leadership of the association. The parties discussed, among other things, the development of bilateral cooperation. The diplomat reaffirmed the commitment of Belarus' regions to promoting productive relations with the provinces of the Republic of Korea...

MFA: Belarus, Mongolia seek to raise relations to qualitatively new level
At a sitting of the second session the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus of the eighth convocation passed the bill “On Ratification of the Treaty on Friendly Relations and Cooperation between the Republic of Belarus and Mongolia”...

MP: Belarus, Cuba are interested in closer inter-parliamentary contacts
During the online meeting, the parties discussed stumbling blocks impeding bilateral cooperation and ways to address them that will be further discussed by the Inter-parliamentary Cooperation Commission of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus and the National Assembly of People's Power of the Republic of Cuba...

Lukashenko signs law to amend Education Code
The document includes provisions aimed at increasing the efficiency, quality and accessibility of education, expanding state protection of students, graduates and vulnerable groups of children and youth, as well as enhancing the responsibility of participants in the educational process...

Lukashenko: Belarus is choosing sites for Oreshnik
"We have thought it over. Now we are choosing sites to deploy these weapons. We used to host strategic nuclear missiles back in the day," the president said...

Lukashenko: Belarus has nuclear weapons
“I had nuclear warheads deployed here. More than a dozen of them. Many people dismiss it as a joke, saying that ‘nobody brought anything’. We did. The fact that they [opponents] say it's a joke means they’ve missed it. They haven't even noticed how we brought them here,” the Belarusian leader said...

Belarus hosts almost 4,000 visa-waiver visitors from Europe over past week
A total of 1,015,128 European residents have visited Belarus since 15 April 2022...

Lukashenko pardons 29 people convicted of extremist crimes
These are 11 women and 18 men, or more specifically six people under 25, three pension-age people, two persons with disabilities and 15 people with chronic diseases...

Lukashenko sends Independence Day greetings to Tanzania
“Modern Tanzania continues to consistently move along the path of economic and social reforms, ensuring sustainable growth of living standards of its population,” the message of congratulations reads...

Lukashenko, Putin continue communication in informal setting after Union State summit
The meeting of the Supreme State Council was held in Minsk to mark the 25th anniversary of the Union State Treaty. Belarus and Russia made important decisions in various areas...